4 papers
Orbits and Masses for 156 Companions from Combined Astrometry and Radial Velocities, and A Validation of Gaia Non-Single Star Solutions
Qier An, Timothy D. Brandt, G. Mirek Brandt +1
We combine absolute astrometry from Hipparcos and Gaia with archival radial velocities from the Keck/HIRES and ESO/HARPS spectrographs, as well as relative astrometry (when availab…
Planet-Planet Scattering and ZLK Migration -- The Dynamical History of HAT-P-11
Tiger Lu, Qier An, Gongjie Li +4
The two planets of the HAT-P-11 system represent fascinating dynamical puzzles due to their significant eccentricities and orbital misalignments. In particular, HAT-P-11 b is on a…
Significant mutual inclinations between the stellar spin and the orbits of both planets in the HAT-P-11 system
Qier An, Tiger Lu, G. Mirek Brandt +2
Planet-star obliquity and planet-planet ]mutual inclination encode a planetary system's dynamical history, but both of their values are hard to measure for misaligned systems with…
Discovery of the Binarity of Gliese 229B, and Constraints on the System's Properties
Samuel Whitebook, Timothy Brandt, Gregory Mirek Brandt +1
We present two epochs of radial velocities of the first imaged T dwarf Gliese 229B obtained with Keck/NIRSPEC. The two radial velocities are discrepant with one another, and with t…